• Women’s Earnings In Connecticut

---

In 2010, women who were full-time wage and salary workers in Connecticut had median weekly earnings of $835, or 75.8 percent of the $1,101 median for their male counterparts. The women’s to men’s earnings ratio has been on the rise since 2008 advancing 2.8 percentage points during this two-year time span. Nationwide, women earned $669 or 81.2 percent of the $824 median for men. In Connecticut, the ratio of women’s to men’s earnings has fluctuated considerably since 1997, ranging from a low of 69.5 in 1998 to a high of 79.5 in 2007. Among the 50 states, median weekly earnings of women in full-time wage and salary positions in 2010 ranged from $530 in Arkansas to $835 in Connecticut. States with the highest wages for women were located along the Northeastern coastline. In addition to Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey also had wages above $800 and Maryland was close at $798. Across the nation, median weekly earnings for men were lowest in Arkansas at $640 and highest in Connecticut at $1,101, the same pattern that emerged for women. Five of the six states with wages above $950 (Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Virginia) were located along or close to the east coast. The sole exception was on the west coast—Washington. See the complete report: USDOL-BLS Note: Earnings in this report do not control for many factors that can be significant in explaining earnings differences.

---